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GULF STREAM -- Town commissioners on Tuesday approved a cut in the tax rate as they adopted a $1.4 million budget. Homeowners will pay a tax rate of $4.09 for each $1,000 of assessed value. The rate approved last year was $4.58.

GULF STREAM -- Jupiter police Sgt. Robert F. Schultz, who has more than 20 years of police experience, will become the town`s new police chief, Town Manager Frank Flannery announced on Wednesday. Schultz will begin his new duties on July 16, Flannery said, and will be paid $38,500 a year. Schultz is the public information officer for Jupiter and spent 20 years with the Homewood, Ill., Police Department, rising to chief of detectives. "He`s perfect for the town of Gulf Stream," said Flannery, a close friend of Schultz`s for 25 years.

GULF STREAM -- The Town Commission this week chose its mayor and vice mayor -- and the faces are familiar: William Koch and Alan Armour. Koch, 72, has served on the commission since 1963 and has been mayor since 1966. Armour, 64, joined the commission in 1981 and has been vice mayor since 1985. The appointments are for three years. All five incumbents retained their seats in last month`s election, the first contested election in nearly two decades.

GULF STREAM -- If you live here, you`d better clean up your act, town officials say. Residents have until Monday to remove rocks, boulders and other debris from the right of way area between their yards and the streets. Officials say the rocks, set out to keep cars off the grass, are hampering drainage and violating roadway standards. People who park their cars on lawns instead of in their driveways also may be forced to shape up. A town committee is studying the situation and may restrict parking to surfaced areas.

Don`t look for campaign signs on the well-groomed lawns of Gulf Stream. There aren`t any. And there aren`t any campaign stickers or red-white-and- blue hats for today`s Town Commission election, either. "Most everybody knows everybody else, socially or whatever," Town Clerk Rita Taylor said. "I`m quite sure everyone`s views have been voiced." Gulf Stream`s first local election in 15 years is as low-key as the 690 people who live there. The campaign has been a polite affair, with the incumbents stressing their experience and the challengers arguing for fresh ideas.